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...snicker, alright. But maybe he'll take a little closer look at the boxscore and his snicker will begin to wane. He'll notice Harvard's leading scorer, Ron Mitchell, pumped in 17 points--on 8-for-13 shooting from the field--and pulled down seven rebounds. He'll see that Mitchell took charge of last night's game. And in the back of his mind, he'll remember Mitchell as the "recruit that got away" two years...
...latter half of this decade it has become too apparent that the conservative right is no longer willing to tolerate affirmative action policies as a means of redressing past injustices. This harsh new era has also seen the zeal of the Civil Rights Movement wane in a generation that did not experience the horrors of sanctioned and institutionalized racism...
...Opinion in government quarters was that the go-ahead for the march was an important signal to the security establishment that the excessive influence in enjoyed during the P.W. Botha era was on the wane," the newspaper said...
...stronger than those of most of his academic critics. Diplomats who have seen him during the past two months believe that he remains in good form for a person of his age. But he is surely aware that his political power, especially among the young, is on the wane. He can afford to allow university students to let off steam occasionally in pursuit of democracy or in memory of a fallen hero. The test will come if, when the ceremonies for Hu are past, the engine of protest should suddenly roar out of control...
...weekly flyer for posting in the Houses. We are always willing to sit down with a Crimson reporter on a weekly basis to discuss what is happening. Every few years, The Crimson takes us up on this offer and runs weekly stories, but then your interest seems to wane. We would encourage you to run weekly stories as a community service...